Now look here! You are really going to have to control Frank ;-) His effect on Waffles is now beyond the pale. In her attempts to be beautiful for her favourite Finn, she has given herself the feline equivalent of a "Brazilian" ;-) She has no fur left on her nether regions... it's been groomed...

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Unfortunately, I had to have Katie put to sleep. She turned out to have cancer that had spread to multiple locations. The vet estimated that she probably had only two or three more weeks to live. She didn't appear to currently be in any pain, only...

....that they *didn't* thank at the Oscars? g Congratulations Kiwis! My nomination for Best Line was the lady accepting the award for Foreign Language Film, who expressed her gratitude that "Lord of the Rings" wasn't eligible in that category.

When I moved the computer upstairs there was no place for the cats to sit near me. I put an extra chair near the computer for them. One day Peter was showing me something on the computer and he was sitting in their chair. Boy, did they let him know. We had to move another chair over for the...

I finally managed to get an old win 98 laptop running and get it to take a thumbdrive after a day long fight and so was able to get some recent pictures of Bruiser off the camera. I posted six of them to the pictures newsgroup.

We can tell when spring is on the way when Tanada starts to feel her cheeriotes. She's been arguing about custody of my desk chair, the monitor, food, our bed, and anything else her little kitty heart desires. Judging by both Lacey and Tanada, I'd say that spring has sprung. Pam S.

Nikki helped me with the newsgroup this morning, and she sat there purring very loudly for all the kitties and hoomins in need of healing and soothing purrs. (I've ordered a microphone for the computer, just so I can record her amazing purr.) http://tinyurl.com/yqgup -- Marina, Frank and...

I've changed my identity for newsgroups but hope that most of you recognize me as julie_snowshoe anyhow so aren't confused. I'm on a serious physical makeover and have introduced myself over at alt.support.diet, but I don't know those folks so didn't want to use my real name. So now you'll see me...

"Susan M" smawdsley remove @shaw.ca wrote My best wishes to all who need them over the next week since I won't be on the ng. Me and my painted toenails are heading to the yoga workshop in Austin, where I will see Victor and Tom et al tomorrow. I'm a little misty leaving the kids and...

Are you ok after lastnights storms & tornados in Texas? Suz Macmoosette Thank Heavens There's Only One =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= I've learned to not sweat the petty things, and not pet the sweaty things.

Since our kitties are all quite fond of spending time in the back yard, we have a cat flap in the back door. It's got a little control knob that allows us to set it to allow the kitties to pass through freely, exit the house only, enter the house only, or lock it closed completely. We leave it set...

Persia has one of those 'kitty walk' mesh enclosures on the patio and she loves it. It's been warming up the last few days so I thought perhaps I might put her out there today. Well guess what? It's sleeting! So much for Persia enjoying the kitty walk today. (sigh) Jill

There I was, relaxing in the recliner watching the news, when Rocky came to the door and announced he was ready to come inside. Since Little Bit was napping on the raised footrest, I had to be careful getting out of the chair, but managed to get up and open the door for the Rock. At least I...

....this afternoon it's sunny, a tad cool but comfy... and Persia is looking at the squirrels outside my office window. I know if I run to get the camera she will move from her pose... so let's just say she's got that *intense* look in her big green eyes and she's hunkered down with her tail out...

Willow loves: - Hearing silver paper being scrunched up into a tiny ball for her to chase - Me whistling - The inside of my sheepskin slippers - The high-pitched ringtones on my mobile phone - Mature Cheddar cheese - Being stroked when you have just got out of the bath (??!!) Merlin loves:

We had several good days when the Tapazole seemed to have worked a miracle, and Mikey was his old self again. But yesterday he was awfully droopy; he wouldn't eat, he threw up several times, and all he wanted to do was curl up in a room by himself. It got worse all day. These are all side effects...

I was reading Dr. Fox's veterinary column in the Washington Post and he had a question about allowing dogs to drink out of public fountains in the winter. Apparently some places put antifreeze in the water to keep the fountain from freezing up. It had never occurred to me that that would be...

I buy our vegetables at an organic farm here in Austin. They have a cute 13 year old black cat called Tubby J. Tupelo who has the run of the farm and likes to come to the farm stand for scritches (check out the t-shirts http://www.boggycreekfarm.com/). Well, turns out he's been under the weather...

I was out this morning talking with a neighbor. When Rocky came up to greet us I mentioned that it had been awhile since I'd seen the tuxedo tom cat which has been a regular to my outdoor food bowl. That's when I learned that a cat had been killed crossing the busy 4 lane road two blocks away. I...

I have no one to pet-sit for Persia, but might be able to get my brother to watch her as well as Peaches (the lovebird). This is assuming I can teach him to keep the garage door closed after he pulls the car in while he brings in his groceries... Persia is liable to hide under one of his beds,...